diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8298106800167c5e91d9e36a63ff5cb0e7c3d4ed..3cb81ff22388f9fd6ea3baa0180378454e5c1b5a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ test:frontend:
   coverage: '/(\d+.\d+) \% covered/'
   before_script:
     # java.desktop module does not export Sun Graphics implementation for mockito
-    - export MAVEN_ARGS=-DsurefireArgLine=--add-opens=java.desktop/sun.java2d=ALL-UNNAMED
     - apt-get update
     - DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y libxrender1 libxtst6 fontconfig libfreetype6
     - mvn dependency:purge-local-repository -DmanualInclude="lcsb.mapviewer"
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ test:frontend:
     - export DISPLAY=:99
 
     - mvn -DskipTests=true clean install -pl commons -am
-    - mvn test -pl commons $MAVEN_ARGS
+    - mvn test -pl commons 
     - awk -F"," '{ instructions += $4 + $5; covered += $5 } END { print covered, "/", instructions, "instructions covered"; print 100*covered/instructions,"% covered" }' commons/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.csv
 
 .test_backend_annotation_template:
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ test:frontend:
 .test_backend_converter_graphics_template:
   script: &test_backend_converter_graphics_definition
     - mvn -DskipTests=true clean install -pl converter-graphics -am
-    - mvn test -pl converter-graphics  $MAVEN_ARGS
+    - mvn test -pl converter-graphics
     - awk -F"," '{ instructions += $4 + $5; covered += $5 } END { print covered, "/", instructions, "instructions covered"; print 100*covered/instructions,"% covered" }' converter-graphics/target/site/jacoco/jacoco.csv
 
 .test_backend_converter_CellDesigner_template:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 37c564ae93053ac3e0800ac7a906f059aca4e1de..6e983fa85e82ac3851d9c326e35ef9f338fa587f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
 				<configuration>
 					<useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
 					<surefire.rerunFailingTestsCount>4</surefire.rerunFailingTestsCount>
-					<argLine>@{argLine} ${surefireArgLine}</argLine>
+					<argLine>@{argLine} ${surefireArgLine} --add-opens=java.desktop/sun.java2d=ALL-UNNAMED -XX:+IgnoreUnrecognizedVMOptions</argLine>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>